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Organization design

a typology of five organizational configurations, simple structure, machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, divisionalized form and adhocracy, each with its own coordinating mechanism.

In organization design, structure in fives refers to a typology of five organizational configurations, simple structure, machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, divisionalized form and adhocracy, each with its own coordinating mechanism. This meaning comes from Mintzberg (1980) in Management Science.[1]

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Mintzberg, H. (1980). Structure in 5's: A Synthesis of the Research on Organization Design. Management Science, 26(3), 322-341. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.26.3.322

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